Deadline: 31 March 2025
The U.S. Embassy Argentina Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce its Public Diplomacy Annual Call for Strategic Programs.
Strategic Programs
- PAS will evaluate those proposals that focus exclusively on the development of one or more of the following strategic programs:
- Academy of Women Entrepreneurs:
- Objective: Program to train up to two cohorts of Argentine women in entrepreneurial concepts in up to two Argentine provinces: Santa Fe (30 participants), and Santiago del Estero (20 participants). The applicant shall provide the participants with insights in marketing, soft skills, management trends, strategic planning, and motivational skills.
- Strategic Goal: Shared prosperity and economic development. Human Rights, Women’s Economic Empowerment.
- Study of the United States Program:
- Objective: To offer in depth knowledge and expertise on contemporary U.S. values, institutions, and policies, focusing on foreign policy and national security issues, by organizing courses, seminars and conferences oriented both for university students, graduate, and future opinion leaders following their studies. The program will be led by an American professor and by a local professor trained in the United States.
- Strategic Goal: Good governance. Shared democratic principles. Education. Future opinion leaders.
- Academy of Women Entrepreneurs:
Funding Information
- Minimum for Each Award: $10,000
- Maximum for Each Award: $100,000
Eligible Projects
- Examples of types of prior projects include, but are not limited to:
- U.S. experts conducting speaking tours/public talks or roundtable discussions with counterparts in Argentina.
- Joint U.S.-Argentina conferences or workshops that produce concrete advances or other results.
- Programs that expand U.S. Department of State American Spaces activities.
- Projects showcasing U.S. best practices, models, or curricula.
- Development of initiatives aimed at maintaining contact with alumni of U.S. government exchange programs.
Ineligible Projects
- Investments that primarily benefit only one or a few businesses or individuals,
- Scholarships for the study of English; conference attendance or study tours to the United States,
- Proposals that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support or electoral campaigns,
- Proposals with the main purpose of publication of books/pamphlets/websites/applications,
- Exclusively scientific research projects,
- Projects that require more than two years to implement,
- Purchase of equipment, vehicles, construction, or construction materials,
- Exchange programs with countries other than the U.S. and Argentina,
- Programs or exchanges focused on children under 13 years of age,
- Projects that support specific religious activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- PAS invites proposals from academic, cultural, educational, and other non-profit organizations and/or individuals that strictly adhere to the U.S. Embassy goals and objectives for each of the programs.
Evaluation Criteria
- Proposals will be considered and evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Strong U.S. exchange component: Proposals must explicitly state how the project exchanges ideas or people between Argentina and the United States – e.g., a speaker, a trainer, an artist, a partnership with an NGO, etc.
- Completeness: The proposal must complete all the requirements outlined in this call.
- Clarity of purpose: The proposal must explain why the project is important and how it responds to a specific need as well as how it seeks to address one of the above-mentioned priority areas.
- Attainable objectives: The objectives must be realistic and measurable. Proposals must demonstrate how the activities will meet project objectives and how these objectives will be measured. The staff and budget of the proposal must be adequate and appropriate to meet project objectives.
- Project planning and development: The project must be well-designed and provide a work plan with specific details, including project activities, schedule, and itemized budget.
- Monitoring and evaluation: The proposal must demonstrate how the project will be monitored and evaluated. A commitment to submit a Narrative and a Financial Report in the middle and at the end of the program is required.
- Sustainability: The proposal must describe how the project will continue in long-term, with or without the U.S. grant funding.
- Innovation: The Grants Review Committee will give priority to proposals that present an innovative strategy, new and creative activities.
- Alumni and American Spaces involvement: Proposals that include specific details to incorporate alumni of U.S. Government programs and/or American Spaces (binational centers) into the development of the project will be given prioritized consideration.
Application Requirements
- All applicants must present an executive summary of the proposed project. There is no mandatory format for this summary, but it will have to contain, at a minimum, the following information:
- A statement of the issue to be addressed and the action proposed.
- A complete narrative of the actual proposal.
- A clear definition of the audience (age, quantity, socio-economic status).
- Region(s) where the project will be performed.
- Budget with major breakdown of expenses.
- A monitoring / evaluation plan.
Deadlines
- Academy of Women Entrepreneurs: February 28, 2025.
- Study of the United States Program: March 31, 2025.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.